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' HARRY sEBELt, 1511 nosrou,

tainer of the type which is sealed through i 'f .ipplicati on filedNovember 21, 1928. "Serial No. e2o,97s.

This invention relates to a tin can or conthe medium of a U-shapedsealing strip which embraces sealing flanges formed'on the can body andthe cover respectively.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved can ofthis type which is so constructed as to facilitate the removal of thesealing strip preliminary to opening the can. This is accomplished byproviding the cover of the can with a tab which is integral with thesealingflange of the cover and extends from the periphery of saidflange,

I 7 said tab being folded back against the flange and confined betweensaid flange and the sealing strip adjacent one end of the latter. Whenthe can is sealed the end of the tab is exposed so that by pullingoutwardly on the tab the sealing strip will be loosened therebyfacilitating its removal. Since the tab is inte: gral with the coversaidtab may also be used "as a means for loosening the cover from themouth of the can after the sealing strip has been removed.

In order to give an understanding of the.-

invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodimentthereof which will now be described after which the novel features willbe claims.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of acan embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view;

Fig. 3 1s a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which thetab is used 7 for loosening the sealing strip;

. Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the manner in which the tab is used forremoving the cover from the can; 7 T

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank from which the cover is made;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cover before it is applied to thecan.

In the drawings 1 indicates a can'body which is open at one end and 2indicates the cover or closure by which the can is closed. The canherein shown is of that type in which the cover is sealed to the can by-means of a U-shaped sealing strip which eman'easy operation. [Inaccordance with pointed out in the appended braces sealinigfflanges onthe 'can' and cover respectively.

MASSACHUSETTS, Ass IeNon To ArtTHUR I-I. PARKER, or LEXINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

iThe sealing'flange on. the can is shown at 3 and'the mating sealingflange on the cover is shown at 4.1..5 indicates. the U-shaped sealingstrip which'embracesthese sealingflanges and by which-the can is sealed.I -.'In theparti'cular construction shownjthe cover 3 is formed withtheupstanding curb or Wallifiwhichfits intothe open end of the can andit is also formed with the lockingflange? whichoverlies the upperleg8 ofthe sealing strip 5, said locking flange 7, the

sealing strip 5 and the sealing flangesi3 and lbeing pressed firmlytogether in the process offsealing the can.- U i V v Aseal of this typeis an exceedingly eifec tive one so .fanas sealing the can is concernedbut the can is sometimes a little difiicult to open because ofithedifliculty encountered in loosening the sealing. strip." vIt is theprincipal; object of-my present invention topro vide a novelconstructionby which the loosening ofsthe sealing. strip. may befacilitated thereby. making the opening of a sealed can 7 I my inventionI form the sealing flange 4c of the cover with an integraltab member 9which, during the sealiililg of thefcan,'is folded into the spacebetweent e' and isethusxfolded around the upper leg 8 ofthe sealing stripysaidtab being of suflicient;

' length so ,that'the'end 10thereof is exposed.

In the operation of sealing the can the can cover lwilll'b'e sopositionedfonthe' can that the tab9-will be located adjacent one end11;- of the sealing'stri'p 5.- When thecan is to be opened theiend 10 ofthe tab is separated from the can and then apulling strain is applied tothe tabl Since the tabis/bent around the legf8 of the sealing stripadjacent-the end lIthereofthe pulling strainon the-tab will pull saidend 111: of thesealing strip out from its sealing POSHJIOIITQLS shown bydotted lines inFig. 3, thereby loosening said sealing strip so that itcan be readily graspedand removed entirely from the can. i 1

. Afterth sealing strip removed the tab 9 may tlien be employed" asmeans for'withlockingflange 7 and the sealing flange 4 ally engages thelatter.

drawing the cover from the can. The cover' is made so that theupstanding curb 6 thereof sets into the mouth of the can and friction-Since the tab 9 is integral with the sealing flange of the cover anupward pull on the tab .9will result in-pulling the cover from the canand thus opening the latter.

I will preferably provide the tab with an opening 12 into which animplement 13, such for instance as an ice pick or the tine of a fork,may be inserted as shown in Fig. 4, said implement providing means bywhich an increased pulling strain can be'applied .tothe; tab. The tab 9,therefore, operates as a means both to loosen the sealing strips andalso to loosen the cover from the can.

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The cover 2 is preferably made from a circular piece of sheet metal asshown at 14, the latter being pressed into the desired shape by means ofsuitable dies. Incarryingout my invention I propose to form :thecircular the endofthetab being flanges, said cover being formed with alooking flange which overlies the sealing strip, and said cover alsohaving a tab integral therewith and extending from the periphery of thesealing flange thereof, which tab is folded around one ofzthe legs'ofthe sealing strip and is confined between said leg and the sealingflangeand locking flange of the cover, exposed whereby the sealing.strip,.maybe loosened by applying a pulling strain on the tab.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

' HARRY SEBELL.

. blanlrllwith the tab 9 extending from its periphery and hence when thecan cover is finally shaped it will have this tab 9 integral withrthesealing flange 4 and extending from Italic periphery of the flange, asshown in 1g.,6. r a V In, the operation of applying the sealing stripandfinally sealing the can this tab9 is folded into the space betweenthe sealing fiangeandthe locking flange and will thus be folded aroundthe leg 8 .of the sealing strip'asjshown in Fig. 2. V

I claim: 1. A sealed can comprising-a can body having alaterally=extending sealingaflange, a can cover also having alaterallysextending sealing flange which Imates that ofwthe' can body,and. a U-shapedz sealing strip embracing said sealing'flanges, one/of:said sealing flanges having a tabxintegral therewith and extending fromthe periphery thereof, said tab'being foldedaround one'leg of .the sealing strip adjacent one end of thelatter and having its end. exposed,whereby a pulling strain on the tab will loosen the sealing strip. 2.Asealed can comprising a can body having. alaterallysextendingsealing-flange, a

can coverwalso having. a laterally-extending sealing flange which matesthat of the can body, and a U-shapedsealing strip embrac-r ing saidsealing'flanges, the sealing flange on the vcover having integraltherewith a tab extending from the periphery thereof, said tab beingfolded around one of the legs of the sealing strip adjacent the end ofthe latter and having its end exposed, whereby a pull-1 ing strain onthe tab will loosen the sealing strip.

3. A sealed can comprising a can body hav ing a laterally-extendingsealing flange, a can cover also having a laterally-extending sealingfia'ngeimating that of the .canbody, a U shanedsealing; stripi,embracing said? sealing-

